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Reliability of the Boehm Test of Basic Concepts for Hispanic and Nonhispanic Kindergarten Pupils.
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Powers, Stephen; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1986
The internal consistency reliability of the Boehm Test of Basic Concepts (BTBC) was examined for 40 Hispanic and 40 non-Hispanic kindergarten pupils in the Southwest. Subscale and total scale reliabilities appeared to be comparable. This evidence support the reliability of the BTBC for Hispanic and non-Hispanic kindergarten pupils. (Author)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Hispanic Americans, Kindergarten Children, Test Reliability
Instruction in Basic Concepts and First-Grade Achievement
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Moers, Fran; Harris, Jerry – Psychology in the Schools, 1978
First-grade students were administered the Boehm Test of Basic Concepts (BTBC), then given 15 weeks of instruction relevant to concepts for which corresponding BTBC items were most frequently missed. Improvements in mid-year and end-of-year BTBC performance did not occur, but a significant treatment effect did occur on the Stanford Achievement…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Achievement, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Education